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Scottish Ebony (and Rosewood) & Ivory Snuff Jar
Circa: 1700-1720
Size: 5 1/4" x 5 3/4"
Exceptionally large Scottish staved balaster shaped jar. Ivory finial in the shape of a crown.
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Scottish Ebony & Ivory Corset Mull
Circa: 1720
Size: 2 3/4"
This is the finest ebony and ivory mull that I have encountered in any collection.
SOLD
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English Silver Snuffbox
Circa: 1680
Size: 2 1/2" x 1 3/8"
Cover with emblematic etched design of a cherub leading a snake, “ENVY FOLLOW ME.”
Bottom with portrait of King Charles I.
Condition: Excellent.
Price: $8,500.00
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English Treen Snuffbox in the form of a Double Barrel Flintlock Pistol
Circa: 1760-1780
Size: 4 1/2" L x 1 5/8 W" x 1 7/8" H.
First rate piece of English treen. Ex-collection Owen Evan-Thomas. $6,600.00
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English Snuff box Depicting the Execution of Charles I
Circa: 1650
Size: 3 7/8" x 3" x 1 1/16" H
A very early and exceedingly rare box depicting the beheading of Charles I of January 30th, 1649. The carving graphically records King Charles I kneeling before the executioners axe. SOLD
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American Grain-Painted Snuff Box w/ Ivory Dial
Circa: 1820
Size: 3 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 7/8"
Fine and unusual American snuffbox with faux grain-painted body and ivory dial with a pierced heart window. The window, when rotated displays the numbers 1-X (10). Probably used as a game (cards or dice) counter. $1,850.00
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French & Indian War (Siege of Louisbourg) Powder Horn
Circa: 1758
Size: 9" OAL x 3 1/8" D
Carved "PAUL PENDEXTER HIS HORN AT LUESBURG 1758." Louisbourg horns of the French & Indian war are quite scarce. Additionally with foliate designs derivative of the Abenaki double curve, it appears to have been carved by an indigenous MicMac or Penobscot native. $2,400.00
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American Folk Art Horn Beaker
Circa: 1780
Size: 5" x 3" D
Carved in the manner of an American powder horn (not like English hunting horn cups) the beaker is carved with a rhyming verse, a sqaure rigged sailing ship, a lorilei, a fish and a great swan all framed and encircled with beautiful floral motifs. Verse reads:
"Around this Horn in sculptured letters see
A friendly token Jerrold received from me
And when the Harvest toils shall Sweat the brow
May its Cheering draughts fast speed the plow
Add fresh Vigour to the manly nerves
And bring industry what its toil deserves"
$2,500.00
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Scottish Burlroot Table Snuffbox
Circa 1820
Size: 8 1/2" long x 5 1/2" wide x 3" high.
This is definitely the craziest of all the burl snuffboxes I have seen. Most fantastic in its' natural gnarly form - even the lid is camouflaged by a section of burl. $2,600.00
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Lacquer Stephen Decatur Snuff Box
Circa: 1820
Size: 3 1/2" D x 3/4" H
Transfer print applied on black lacquered papier mache body. Hard to find subject of this series. $875.00
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English Painted Lacquer Faux wood Slice Snuff Box
Circa: 1820
Size: 3 5/8" D x 3/4" H
First rate example of the type - I have only seen a few of these over the years. Both sides beautifully painted to resemble a wood slice exhibiting checks and annual growth rings - faux bark also. $575.00
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Sailor-made Pewter Inlaid Coconut Funnel
Circa: 1790-1810
Size: 5 1/4" OAL x 3 3/4" D
This is a rare, early and beautifully crafted cocunut funnel. The body is decorated with swags of heavy gauge pewter - the funnel with a six point star. $575.00
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The United States of Colombia Carved Coconut
Circa 1863-1886
Size: 5" long x 3 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" deep.
This is the finest carved coconut that I have come across. Exquisitely detailed with the owners name, "JOHN VINE" and the Colombian coat-of-arms. The arms framed by the words, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE COLOMBIA. Silver mounted with silver chain and hook. $2,200.00
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Rare Press Molded Horn Comb in the form of a Native American
Circa: 1820
Size: 6 1/2" H x 1 3/4" W
A neat faux tortoiseshell comb made from stained and pressed horn. Typical of the type the figure is an American Indian in full regalia. Beautifully detailed (note the metal inset earrings). $1050.00
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